Links 10/24/2013: Variety on changes at NBCU; Safeguard Scientifics takes hit on PixelOptics
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NBC Staff Unsettled As Steve Burke Reshapes the Top Exec Ranks
(Variety)
Comcast COO Watson: Virtual Xfinity 'opens a myriad of possibilities' (FierceCable)
Did Comcast just take a first step towards unbundling HBO? (Gigaom)
Arris RDK Boxes Coming Soon (Light Reading)
Safeguard Scientifics Announces Third Quarter 2013 Financial Results (Business Wire)
Safeguard may have hit dry well with $37 mm investment in Va-based PixelOptics, a developer of electronically focusing prescription eyewear. Safeguard wrote its carrying value down to $0 and says it "does not intend to deploy substantial additional capital", and that the company looking to recapitalize from other sources to launch its next generation product. The risk that comes with investing in bleeding edge technology.
Real Food Works Receives Investment From First Round Capital and StartUp PHL’s Innovative City-Backed Fund (PR Web)
QlikTech Delivers Solid Third Quarter Revenue Growth (Business Wire)
Amazon Web Services continue to tear it up (Gigaom)
Convercent, Compliance Software in the Cloud, Lands $10 Million From SAP Ventures (All Things D)
Quality Systems, Inc. Reports Fiscal 2014 Second Quarter Results (Business Wire)
Quality Systems' primary business unit is Horsham-based NextGen Healthcare.
SFX Buys Readability Developer Arc90, Fame House and Tunezy To Give Its Electronic Dance Music Business A Digital Content Spin (TechCrunch)
Fame House is based in Philadelphia.
